– GTEC Warns
The Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Professor Abdulai Jinapor, has warned unaccredited tertiary institutions to enrol students to take courses.
“Any tertiary institution that continues to run programmes at unaccredited centres will have its accreditation for those programmes revoked,” he added.
The move has become necessary following the proliferation of unaccredited centres for some of the country’s traditional universities.
GTEC in a statement issued on Thursday, October 3, noted that “applicants who pursue programmes at these centres do so at their own risk.”
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has the highest number of 91 centres, followed by the University of Education Winneba (UEW) with 48 centres. At the same time, the University of Development Studies (UDS) has 21 such centres.
The majority of these centres used by the universities are either senior high schools (SHSs), colleges of education, church premises and social centres, with some of them on companies’ premises.
GTEC therefore urged the public to thoroughly verify the accreditation status of any study centre before applying, as this will affect the validity of their qualifications and long-term career opportunities.
Prof. Jinapor clarified that GTEC is not against satellite campuses and study centres, “but what we are against is the proliferation of centres that are not fit for purpose.”
He advised applicants to avoid unaccredited centres and programmes, cautioning that applicants who pursue programmes at those centres “do so at their own risk.”
It further urged parents, guardians and prospective students to avoid enrolling in programmes offered at these unaccredited study centres.
